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Culturally Responsive Strategies for Supporting African-American Foster or System Involved Youth and Families

Mon, Sep 13

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Waynette Brock

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Culturally Responsive Strategies for Supporting African-American Foster or System Involved Youth and Families
Culturally Responsive Strategies for Supporting African-American Foster or System Involved Youth and Families

Time & Location

Sep 13, 2021, 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM

Online Event

About the Event

Waynette Brock

Training Description

African-American Foster and/or System Involved Youth who live in out of home care not only bear the burden of their difficult familial circumstances, but they also experience the weight of being subjected to cultural biases that existed long before they entered this world. In this interactive training, participants will examine, discuss, and challenge issues related to cultural differences; consider the difference between being culturally sensitive and culturally responsive; learn tools that will help them care for themselves as they continue this process; and explore ways to abandon thoughts and actions that interfere with endeavors to provide supportive care and reach positive outcomes for Foster and/or System Involved Youth.

Learning Objective

  • Participants will learn the difference between cultural competency, cultural sensitivity, and cultural responsiveness

  • Participants will understand the importance of self-reflection in caregiving to abandon thoughts and actions that interfere with endeavors to provide support to “foster…

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